The internet is crushing big-time on Ola Cabs, which received a deeply offensive request from a man in Hyderabad yesterday.
He tweeted the taxi service asking for "a driver of Hindu faith only."
Six minutes later, Ola tweeted him with this firm response: "Sorry, we don't discriminate against our drivers on the basis of their religion."
That post had been retweeted around 700 times at the time of writing this.
@SVeerapaNaidu Sorry, we do not discriminate against our drivers on the basis of their religion.
- Ola (@Olacabs) April 6, 2015Among those who showered Ola with praise was its fierce competition, Uber.
@Uber_Delhi Thank you, appreciate it.
- Ola (@Olacabs) April 7, 2015Meanwhile, the man who triggered the controversy defended his request.
@Olacabs Why Shld we see it as Discrimination instead of Customer Preference.
- Seelam Veerapa Naidu (@SVeerapaNaidu) April 6, 2015Twitter, obviously, didn't agree with him.
Dear @SVeerapaNaidu I hope you know @Olacabs can also refuse to serve you. And they should.
- Roronoa Zoro (@ALeftLiberal) April 7, 2015@SVeerapaNaidu Hey mate. Do you make the same requests to Airlines for the pilot to be of a certain faith? @Olacabs
- Sheikh Rehmatullah (@Sheikh_Rehmat) April 7, 2015He finally posted this.
@Olacabs My intention is not to hurt any one .
- Seelam Veerapa Naidu (@SVeerapaNaidu) April 7, 2015
